If you missed the live premiere, don’t worry—We Hold These Truths is available to stream on LA Opera Digital Shorts. Watch it now! It’s truly a powerful intersection of poetry, music, and visuals.
I had the honor of serving as DP alongside an extraordinary creative team. While it is always exciting to see a project come to life, there was something particularly special about watching the premiere live knowing that so many were experiencing it’s magic it at the same time.
The opportunity, and the experience was other-worldly and I’m privileged to have been able to contribute. Thank you!
From LA Opera, Digital Shorts:
We Hold These Truths is a musical and cinematic triptych featuring composer Tamar-kali's setting of three iconic poems from the turn of the 20th century through the Harlem Renaissance: Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask," Langston Hughes's "I, Too" and Claude McKay's "If We Must Die."
A striking new film by dream hampton (director of the Peabody-winning and Emmy-nominated film Surviving R. Kelly), We Hold These Truths stands as both an affirmation of wonder and joy, as well as a testimony to the vigil kept for the full realization of liberty.
SOURCE: https://www.laopera.org/discover-la-opera/explore/la-opera-on-now/on-now-we-hold-these-truths
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